Police in Chazy suspect alcohol as a factor in an early morning snowmobile crash on Friday that left three men injured.

Douglas M. Tetreault, 22, was operating a 2004 Polaris along the bank of the Great Chazy River on Rapids Road in Champlain, said police. Robert Worrell, 20, of Plattsburgh and Johnny Vega Jr., 26, were riding as passengers.

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Around 1:30 a.m. police received a 911 call advising of the accident in which the snowmobile had struck a pile of brush ejecting all three riders. One man was able to walk to get help, said police.

All three men were taken to CVPH Medical Center. Tetreault and Vega Jr. were later transferred to Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington.